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(Untitled), 20 Jul 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9A/85

Scope and Contents

Note from John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC with the opinion of 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies] that the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] should be humoured or he might "break" with the government; Lord Lascelles [later 7th Lord Harewood] and Sir Walter Monckton advise he be "treated as a petulant baby"; annotated by Peck that WSC would not alter his decision.

Dates

  • Creation: 20 Jul 1940

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English

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